NEW YORK (ETF Expert) -- Extraordinary rallies off bear market bottoms are typical. Bullish run-ups in March 2003 and March 2009 registered enviable unrealized gains of 35% and 65% respectively; each advance experienced little resistance for roughly

NEW YORK (ETF Expert) -- Extraordinary rallies off bear market bottoms are typical. Bullish run-ups in March 2003 and March 2009 registered enviable unrealized gains of 35% and 65% respectively; each advance experienced little resistance for roughly

Has even this bond market champion become a bonds bear?

By Gary Gordon: Extraordinary rallies off bear market bottoms are typical. Bullishrun-ups in March 2003 as well as March 2009 registered enviableunrealized gains of 35% and 65%, respectively; each advance experiencedlittle resistance for roughly nin

John Hussman: Recklessness And Crowd Following Has Been Rewarded But Retaining This Windfall Will Be Difficult (Advisor Perspectives) John Hussman at Hussman Funds writes that the average bear market fall can erase over 50% of the previous bull marke

Bill Gross, the bond investing legend who runs the world's biggest fixed income fund at PIMCO, last week declared in a tweet that the 30-year secular bull market in bonds ended on April 29, 2013. However, that doesn't mean bonds are about to enter a

NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The U.S. stock market has obviously been making new highs as bond yields have been making new lows. The big catalyst behind these good times, it could be argued, has been the nonstop purchase of assets by the U.S. Federal Rese

By Mark Thomas:I focus more on fundamentals to select the stocks that I trade and suggest on my site. However, I can't ignore technical analysis, and this week there were some very important things that appeared on some very long-term charts. With th

All that matters for the US media is the stock market. Just take a look at the TOP category in Bloomberg or tune into CNBC for … well … as long as you can bear it. And of course, many put the “=” sign between the US equities

By John Kozey:Summary: A rising U.S. stock market that doesn't seem to want to pull back has made investors and forecasters nervous. Global economic indicators are softening -- especially in bellwether Germany -- and some pundits are saying there's a

After peaking in October 2011, copper has reached 20-month lows in 2013 and has entered a technical bear market.

A photo gallery of the top value plays in the big emerging markets as compiled by the Forbes BRIC Breaker blog and ranked as buys by the stock forecasting professionals at ValuEngine.com

This week’s Chart of the Week video looks at gold and why this is a bear market. So let’s get technical. TacticalBeta offers a FREE Newsletter:   c.o.w. 4.27.13.gold from ARL Advisers, LLC on Vimeo.    

In the coming weeks and months, look for bonds to assume market leadership, stocks to stagnate, and precious metals to recover.

By Mark Gomes:"In the long run we are all dead" - John Maynard KeynesThe winds of change have not been kind to BlackBerry (BBRY) over the past several years. The mobile phone market has evolved to the company's detriment, potentially dealing a fatal

FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Talk Of A Bear Market Signal Is Premature (DowTheory.com) Dow Theory's Richard Moroney says that while Dow transp

Investment success generally hinges on long-term thinking; however, most investors can?t help but worry about day-to-day shifts with their portfolios. Some of that worry is certainly justifiable given the recent increases in volatility over the last

By David Fabian:With the market sitting at virtually all-time highs, everyone is starting to wonder when the next correction will set in. Every slight 2% stumble in the major indices is widely heralded by the bears as a market top. You can literally

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This may feel like a bull market, but the real winners have been bear-market darlings.

It's natural for investors burned by bear markets to be cautious about jumping back in.

Copper's 1.7% decline pushed the metal into a bear market, amid worries that slowing global growth will lead to a supply glut.

Copper prices clawed out of bear-market territory for the second day in a row, bouncing off an 18-month low to finish with a slight gain.

The shift to a bear market is just a matter of time. The Fed would have zero control over a global margin call, a real risk that would lead to markets divorcing from QE.

The low-yield and increasingly volatile market is creating demand for actively managed bear and high-yield ETFs, Noah Hamman, CEO of AdvisorShares, tells Gregg Greenberg.

Worried about a bear market? Bear funds are best left to hibernate.

Kevin asks: Why do we call the stock market trends “bullish” and “bearish”? For those who don’t know, a “bear” market, or when someone is being “bearish” in this context, is marked by investors be

Gold’s bear market is just beginning.

Market losses were exacerbated in all asset classes yesterday following data showing China's economy expanded more slowly than expected. Many investors decided to jump, pull the ripcord, and seek shelter in risk-averse trading positions. The ext

Gold’s bear market is just beginning.

By Mario Sant Singh:The curtain seems to be coming down on gold.To date, gold has seen a 20 percent drop since the record close in September 2011, meeting the common definition of a bear market. In 2013 alone, gold has dropped a record 14 percent, af

Bloomberg’s Alix Steel examines the recent drop in the gold market and looks at past bear markets for a clue as to how long and how deep gold’s slide may be as the commodity is likely headed below $1,300. She speaks on Bloomberg Televisio

The price of gold is continuing its horrific plunge deeper into bear market territory. According to Bloomberg, the spot price for the yellow metal is now $1,328 and change. Here's a delayed look via Finviz: Please follow Money Game on Twitter and Fa

By Benzinga: By The ETF ProfessorGold's foray deep into bear market territory Monday is claiming a predictable batch of victims, namely popular ETFs such as the SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) and the iShares Gold Trust (IAU).Of course, the miners and the rel

Gold's foray deep into bear market territory Monday is claiming a predictable batch of victims, namely popular ETFs such as the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) and the iShares Gold Trust (NYSE: IAU).

By John Dowdee:Historically Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) have offered enhanced yield with lower volatility. They have also been good diversifiers with low correlation to the overall market. All this changed in the bear market of 2007 and 200

Gold prices are tumbling deeper into bear market territory. As the gold bugs suffer, Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini is only piling on. He tweets: Gold Bugs & @jamesgrickards in stupefied catatonic state as gold now has fallen from a peak of $1950 in

By now, it is not unreasonable to say nearly anyone with a television or Internet access knows that gold is in full-fledged bear market. That much was confirmed with last Friday's 4.1 percent tumble, which had bullion residing more than 20 percent be

The severity of the tumble, which swept not just gold but other precious metals and commodities in its wake, has left many long-term investors in gold in shock

Gold entered bear market territory last week. It is down over 7.0% today, and is trading below $1,400 per ounce today. Dennis Gartman, publisher of the Gartman Letter wrote that in nearly four decades of trading gold, he had "never... ever... ever...

PIMCO's Bill Gross is bullish on gold.  And even as the yellow metal crashes into a bear market, Gross is remaining steadfast. He just tweeted: Gross: OK, so I made a bad call at the Barron’s Roundtable. I would still buy gold here. World

Gold futures fall, extending their dive into bear-market territory, and prices for industrial metal copper suffer following economic data from China that fall short of expectations.

Gold is breaking down in a big way right now. We are well into bear market territory here. Marc Faber thinks it could fall to $1300… before rebounding. A number of noted goldbugs are talking about a Fed conspiracy. So what is going on here? Per

* Randgold and Fresnillo lose over 10 percent in gold bear market

Gold futures fall, extending their dive into bear-market territory, and prices for industrial metal copper suffer following economic data from China that fall short of expectations.

Gold mining stocks are sharply lower in trading on the Sydney exchange Monday after the precious metal tumbled to a 21-month low at the end of last week, officially entering a bear market.

Gold mining stocks are sharply lower in trading on the Sydney exchange Monday after the precious metal tumbled to a 21-month low at the end of last week, officially entering a bear market.

Friday's sell-off in gold sent the yellow metal into a bear market.  In other words, the value of gold is down 20 percent from its recent high. At least some of this elevated volatility can be attributed to the fact that it's just easy to sell g

Gold has officially entered a bear market, declining more than 20% from the September 2011 peak of US$1,924/oz. I warned in December last year and in March this year that gold was likely to fall further, even though I was optimistic on the long-